as in needles
a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin
the syringe the nurse was leveling at my arm looked to me to be at least 10 inches long
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needles
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And Cora is so good at threading needles on these issues, as in communicating his wishes without insulting this or that player.—
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026 -
But Wagler’s mother, Jennifer, said Keaton didn’t like pills or needles, Birch recalled.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
3 Apr. 2026
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“Syringes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syringes. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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